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| Mum and Dad and Danny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal
It was a long march from cadets The sixth battalion was next to tour, it was me who drew the card We did Canungra, Shoalwater, before we left |
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And Townsville lined the footpaths as we marched down to the quay
This clipping from the paper shows a youngon', strong and clean And there's me with me slouch hat, my SLR and greens God help me - I was only nineteen |
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From Vung Tau riding Chinooks to the dust at Nui Dat
I'd been in and out of choppers now for months We made our tents a home, V.B. and pinups on the lockers And an Asian orange sunset through the scrub |
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And can you tell me, doctor, why I can't get to sleep?
And night time's just a jungle dark and a barking M.16? And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means? God help me - I was only nineteen |
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A four week operation, any step could be your last one on two legs
It was a war within yourself But you wouldn't let your mates down 'til they had you dusted off So you closed your eyes and you thought about somethin' else |
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Then someone yelled out "Contact", and the bloke behind me swore
We hooked in there for hours, then a God almighty roar Frankie kicked the mine the day that mankind kicked the moon God help me - he was goin' home in June |
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I can still see Frankie, drinkin' tinnies in the Grand Hotel
On a thirty-six hour rec. leave in Vung Tau And I can still hear Frankie, lyin' screamin' in the jungle 'Til the morphine came and killed the bloody row |
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And the Anzac legends didn't mention mud and blood and tears
And the stories that my father told me never seemed quite real And I caught some pieces in my back that I d |
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